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Now a Spanish investigating judge is set to decide whether to close the investigation into her death.

None of the five men being investigated over have yet been formally charged with any crime.

Judge Ana Isabel Garcia-Galbis signed a two-page legal notice last Monday, April 23, making it clear she is just one step away from calling the case off - and telling the men they will face no charges or trial - by concluding in her last resolution on the case.

She said she was awaiting only the results of DNA tests on samples taken from Kirsty’s body to see if they contain any of the suspects’ DNA “to conclude her investigation.”

She said: "To date no new evidence that allows me to attribute the commission of a specific criminal act to the people under investigation has been obtained."

Kirsty Maxwell's husband Adam Maxwell at a press conference in January 2018 over his wife's death (Image: West Lothian Courier)

A well-placed judicial source claimed a decision on whether the case goes to trial or gets closed, could be made in June.

If the judge decides the five men placed under investigation over Kirsty’s death should not face trial, her family will have to consider an appeal to a higher court.

Kirsty’s family marked the first anniversary of her death on April 29 by meeting local press in Benidorm.

The move came after a string of court decisions that have gone against them.

Family requests for a reconstruction in the apartment Kirsty fell from have so far met with a 'no' from the judge.

Their hopes of getting the judge to force police to launch a new exhaustive search for potential witnesses to Kirsty’s death has also been knocked back.